Otumoetai Football Club was established in 1964 and is the largest club in the Bay Of Plenty and one of the largest football clubs in New Zealand with more than 1000 members ranging from 4-55+ years old.The club is calling for expressions of interest for three newly created roles:

If you feel you have what it takes to work with our community and feel you are all things football, then we would like to hear from you. Please send your CV & Covering Letter to President@otumoetaifootball.co.nz

First round of applications close 4th December 2016. Interviews to be held over December (for Director of Football and Club Administrator).

First round of applications close 1st February 2017. Interviews to be held over February (for Groundskeeper).

WaiBOP are planning on introducing a Federation U12 League in 2017 to provide a more challenging playing environment for our talented players born in 2005.

This will be a bay wide competition played on a Sunday with at least 2 mandatory training sessions each week, providing a high quality coaching and playing experience for the U12 boys.Otumoetai are planning on entering a team in this league and a structured training / selection process is being is being prepared at the moment.If you have a child who is interested and eligible and would like to know more please come along to an informal training session at Wharepai Domain (91 Cameron Road Tauranga the Old Blues pitch on the corner of Cameron and Hamilton Street. on the following dates – ·Saturday 26th November 09:00 – 10:00am·Saturday 3rd December 09:00 – 10:00am

Please bring boots, shin pads, water and a jacket.

This session will be run by last year’s G11 Assassin Coach Lee Stringer, with assistance from a number of others from the club and will last approximately 1 hour.Purely for planning purposes please register your attendance by email to lee@tfn.co.nz or text 021 2503113 lee@tfn.co.nz

This is by no means a trial or mandatory attendance session, it is just an opportunity to play some football and see what level of interest we have at the club across this talented age group for Federation U12’s next season

In line with our Federation Seniors we also invite all interested Federation Youth to preseason training on the 24th January 6pm. 2017 Federation Youth will consist of Boys u12, boys u14, boys u16 and girls u16.

We will run a 4 week preseason fitness and team culture session before trialling for our 2017 squads. The youth will have the chance to meet with the senior federation players. Watch and learn football trainings and players.

Coaches for u12 boys have been confirmed. Lee Stringer will at the helm for these boys with Anton Jones as Manager.

The other teams are still to be confirmed and expressions of interest can be emailed to presidentofc@gmail.com.

Otumoetai FC would like to invite all those senior players looking to play Federation football in 2017 to pre-season training. Our teams include: WaiBOP Men's PremiershipWaiBOP Women's PremiershipWaiBOP Men's Championship

Pre-season starts Tuesday 24th January 6pm and is being run by our coaching panel of Ross Johnson, Daniel Barnes and Joe Dixon. The first four weeks will be based on fitness and building team culture. Our goal - Northern League for both Men's and Women's!

Trials for Youth Federation leagues will commence soon, watch this space. We will be calling for EOI's for Boys u12, u14, u16 and Girls u13, u15 (subject to Girls leagues going ahead).

Playing Futsal over summer with Otumoetai Football Club Futsal is a great way to keep fit and keep kicking a ball over summer:

Junior and high-school leagues: Sunday afternoons at the ASB Arena, starting on the 30th of October and running for 7 weeks.Senior Men: Monday evenings at Merivale Action Centre, starting on 17th of October and running for 7 weeks.Senior Women: Monday evenings at Tauranga Girls' College, starting on 17th of October and running for 7 weeks.To get involved simply follow these steps:Step 1: Each individual player must register with the club by September 30th.Step 2: Tell your outdoor coach/manager that you want to play futsal over summer and ask him/her to be involved. Coaches can then email me directly with a list of players they would like to have in their team and I will register the team in the league. Each futsal team should aim to have at least 8 regular players.Step 3: If you don't have a coach/manager/parent who wants to be involved, or if you don't have enough players for a complete team, don't worry as we will organise a team for you. Just make sure you complete Step 1!If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact our club Futsal Coordinator Keir Maddox (keirmaddox@icloud.com)

Otumoetai College Girls 1st XI won 3rd place at the NZ Secondary Schools Kathy Seaward Tournament last week at Seddon Fields, Western Springs, Auckland.Best placement at Tournament Week for a number of years, a strong finish and great football played by everyone involved .... well done.

We will again be holding a Summer 5 a-side programme at Fergusson Park this year starting on Thursday 13th October.As before there are groups of teams for MIxed, Men's Competitive, Social or Very Social.

Prizegivings for the 2016 season are just around the corner. If you are a grade 8 coach and above please get your nominations in for your team. Please contact your coordinator if you have not received a nomination form.